2014 ADAC GT Masters

The 2014 ADAC GT Masters season was the eighth season of the ADAC GT Masters, the grand tourer-style sports car racing founded by the German automobile club ADAC. The season started on 26 April at Motorsport Arena Oschersleben and ended on 5 October at Hockenheim after eight double-header meetings.[1]

The drivers' championship was won by Prosperia C. Abt Racing pairing René Rast and Kelvin van der Linde, finishing 26 points of their nearest rival, Jaap van Lagen of GW IT Racing Team Schütz Motorsport. A further four points behind in third place was Callaway Competition's Daniel Keilwitz, the defending series champion. Keilwitz won the most races during the season with six victories; winning four with Andreas Wirth and two with Oliver Gavin, who split the season alongside Keilwitz. Rast and van der Linde won three races during the season, while van Lagen won two with Kévin Estre. HTP Motorsport and Pixum Team Schubert also won two races, with their respective pairings of Maximilian Buhk and Maximilian Götz, and Dominik Baumann and Claudia Hürtgen, while the other race victory was taken by the RWT RacingTeam, with Sven Barth and David Jahn prevailing at the Nürburgring.

The teams' championship was also won by Prosperia C. Abt Racing, with two other entries also scoring points towards the championship besides the car of Rast and van der Linde. The team finished four points clear of Callaway Competition, who had entered four cars, with Pixum Team Schubert finishing a further four points behind. Herbert Handlos was the winner of the Gentlemen Drivers' Cup, finishing 72.5 points clear of his nearest rival, Dominic Jöst.

Entry list

Team Car No. Driver Rounds
Germany Callaway Competition[2] Corvette Z06.R GT3[2] 1 Germany Daniel Keilwitz[3] All
United Kingdom Oliver Gavin[3] 1, 3–4
Germany Andreas Wirth[3] 2, 5–8
2 Germany Patrick Assenheimer[4] All
Italy Diego Alessi[4] All
17 Switzerland Remo Lips[3] All
Germany Lennart Marioneck[3] All
18 Switzerland Toni Seiler[3] All
Netherlands Jeroen Bleekemolen[3] 1–4, 6
Sweden Andreas Simonsen[3] 5, 8
Netherlands Sebastiaan Bleekemolen 7
Germany GW IT Racing Team Schütz Motorsport[5] Porsche 911 GT3 R[5] 3 Netherlands Jaap van Lagen[5] All
Germany Christian Engelhart[5] 1, 4–8
France Kévin Estre 2
Austria Martin Ragginger 3
4 Greece Antonios Wossos[5] All
Netherlands Wolf Nathan[5] All
Germany Farnbacher Racing[6] Porsche 911 GT3 R[6] 5 Australia Nathan Morcom[6] All
Germany Mario Farnbacher[6] 1–4, 6
Spain Alex Riberas 5
Poland Robert Lukas[7] 7–8
6 Germany Sebastian Asch[6] All
Switzerland Philipp Frommenwiler[6] All
Germany Tonino Team Herberth[6] Porsche 911 GT3 R[6] 7 Germany Alfred Renauer[5] All
Austria Herbert Handlos[5] All
8 Germany Robert Renauer[5] All
Austria Norbert Siedler 1–6
Germany Dominik Schwager 7
Germany Martin Ragginger[8] 8
9 Germany Dominik Jöst[5] All
Germany Florian Scholze[5] 1–3, 5–8
Germany Stefan Wackerbauer 4
Germany Prosperia C. Abt Racing[9] Audi R8 LMS ultra[9] 10 South Africa Kelvin van der Linde[10] All
Germany René Rast[10] All
11 Germany Fabian Hamprecht[10] All
Denmark Nicki Thiim[10] All
12 Germany Markus Winkelhock[10] 1–3, 5–6
Germany Stefan Wackerbauer 1
Germany Christer Jöns 2, 6
France Sébastien Ogier[11] 3
Austria Nikolaus Mayr-Melnhof 5
Germany RWT Racing[12] Corvette Z06.R GT3[12] 13 Germany Sven Barth[12] All
Germany David Jahn All
Germany MRS GT-Racing[13] McLaren MP4-12C GT3[13] 14 Germany Florian Spengler[5] All
United Kingdom Ryan Sharp 1
Estonia Marko Asmer 2–6
Germany Christopher Brück 7
Portugal Álvaro Parente 8
Germany Yaco Racing[14] Audi R8 LMS ultra[14] 16 Germany Philip Geipel[14] All
Switzerland Rahel Frey[15] 1–6, 8
Germany Markus Winkelhock[10] 7
Germany PIXUM Team Schubert[16] BMW Z4 GT3[16] 19 Germany Claudia Hürtgen[5] All
Austria Dominik Baumann[5] All
20 Germany Max Sandritter[5] All
Germany Jens Klingmann[5] All
Germany BKK Mobil Oil Racing Team Zakspeed[17] Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG GT3[17] 21 Germany Luca Ludwig[5] All
Israel Alon Day 1–7
Latvia Harald Schlegelmilch 8
Germany Rowe Racing[18] Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG GT3[18] 22 Spain Jaime Alguersuari[19] 3–8
Germany Nico Bastian[19] 3–8
23 Germany Jan Seyffarth[20] All
Germany Maro Engel[20] All
Germany Reiter Engineering[21] Chevrolet Camaro GT3[21] 24 Germany Albert von Thurn und Taxis[5] All
Czech Republic Tomáš Enge 1, 3–8
Netherlands Peter Kox 2
Switzerland Blancpain Racing Lamborghini Gallardo FL2 25 Switzerland Marc A. Hayek 1
Netherlands Peter Kox 1
Germany HTP Motorsport[22] Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG GT3[22] 26 Germany Maximilian Götz[5] 1–6
Germany Maximilian Buhk 1–5
Netherlands Renger van der Zande[23] 6
27 Germany Luca Stolz[5] All
Germany Heinz-Harald Frentzen[24] 1–4
Austria Mathias Lauda[25] 5–6
Germany Maximilian Götz 7–8
Austria GRT Grasser Racing Team[26] Lamborghini Gallardo FL2[26] 31 Austria Sandro Bickel[26] 4
Austria Sascha Halek[26] 4
32 Austria Gerhard Tweraser[26] 4–5
Austria Harald Proczyk[26] 4
Czech Republic Tomas Pivoda 5
Germany Dupré Engineering Motorsport Audi R8 LMS ultra 33 Germany Christoph Dupré 8
Germany Thomas Schöffler 8
Germany kfzteile24 APR Motorsport[27] Audi R8 LMS ultra[27] 100 Austria Daniel Dobitsch[27] All
Germany Florian Stoll[27] All

Race calendar and results

The eight-event calendar for the 2014 season was announced on 25 November 2013.[1]

Round Circuit Date Pole Position Race Winner
1 R1 Germany Motorsport Arena Oschersleben 26 April No. 10 Prosperia C. Abt Racing No. 26 HTP Motorsport
Germany René Rast
South Africa Kelvin van der Linde 		Germany Maximilian Buhk
Germany Maximilian Götz
R2 27 April No. 10 Prosperia C. Abt Racing No. 10 Prosperia C. Abt Racing
Germany René Rast
South Africa Kelvin van der Linde 		Germany René Rast
South Africa Kelvin van der Linde
2 R1 Netherlands Circuit Park Zandvoort 10 May No. 8 Tonino Team Herberth No. 3 GW IT Racing Team Schütz Motorsport
Germany Robert Renauer
Austria Norbert Siedler 		Netherlands Jaap van Lagen
France Kévin Estre
R2 11 May No. 10 Prosperia C. Abt Racing No. 3 GW IT Racing Team Schütz Motorsport
Germany René Rast
South Africa Kelvin van der Linde 		Netherlands Jaap van Lagen
France Kévin Estre
3 R1 Germany Lausitzring 24 May No. 1 Callaway Competition No. 26 HTP Motorsport
Germany Daniel Keilwitz
United Kingdom Oliver Gavin 		Germany Maximilian Buhk
Germany Maximilian Götz
R2 25 May No. 19 PIXUM Team Schubert No. 19 PIXUM Team Schubert
Germany Claudia Hürtgen
Austria Dominik Baumann 		Germany Claudia Hürtgen
Austria Dominik Baumann
4 R1 Austria Red Bull Ring 7 June No. 1 Callaway Competition No. 1 Callaway Competition
Germany Daniel Keilwitz
United Kingdom Oliver Gavin 		Germany Daniel Keilwitz
United Kingdom Oliver Gavin
R2 8 June No. 1 Callaway Competition No. 1 Callaway Competition
Germany Daniel Keilwitz
United Kingdom Oliver Gavin 		Germany Daniel Keilwitz
United Kingdom Oliver Gavin
5 R1 Slovakia Automotodróm Slovakia Ring 9 August No. 20 PIXUM Team Schubert No. 19 PIXUM Team Schubert
Germany Max Sandritter
Germany Jens Klingmann 		Germany Claudia Hürtgen
Austria Dominik Baumann
R2 10 August No. 20 PIXUM Team Schubert No. 1 Callaway Competition
Germany Max Sandritter
Germany Jens Klingmann 		Germany Daniel Keilwitz
Germany Andreas Wirth
6 R1 Germany Nürburgring 30 August No. 21 BKK Mobil Oil Racing Team Zakspeed No. 13 RWT RacingTeam
Germany Luca Ludwig
Israel Alon Day 		Germany Sven Barth
Germany David Jahn
R2 31 August No. 11 Prosperia C. Abt Racing No. 1 Callaway Competition
Germany Fabian Hamprecht
Denmark Nicki Thiim 		Germany Daniel Keilwitz
Germany Andreas Wirth
7 R1 Germany Sachsenring 20 September No. 10 Prosperia C. Abt Racing No. 10 Prosperia C. Abt Racing
Germany René Rast
South Africa Kelvin van der Linde 		Germany René Rast
South Africa Kelvin van der Linde
R2 21 September No. 11 Prosperia C. Abt Racing No. 10 Prosperia C. Abt Racing
Germany Fabian Hamprecht
Denmark Nicki Thiim 		Germany René Rast
South Africa Kelvin van der Linde
8 R1 Germany Hockenheimring 4 October No.21 BKK Mobil Oil Racing Team Zakspeed No. 1 Callaway Competition
Germany Luca Ludwig
Latvia Harald Schlegelmilch 		Germany Daniel Keilwitz
Germany Andreas Wirth
R2 5 October No. 1 Callaway Competition No. 1 Callaway Competition
Germany Daniel Keilwitz
Germany Andreas Wirth 		Germany Daniel Keilwitz
Germany Andreas Wirth

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